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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
Correspondence and papers of Salis Daiches, including some of his wife Flora, son Lionel, and other members of the Daiches family.
Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.
Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and publicity materials relating to the publication of books by Argyll Publishing.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Literary papers, mostly correspondence and typescripts, of Michael Brander.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Papers concerning the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants employed by the North British Railway Company.
Concerning wages and conditions of service.
Papers of Professor Alexander Campbell Fraser, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh University.
Scrapbooks of Lord MacGregor Mitchell.
Eleven scrapbooks, 1899-1935, concerning Lord Robert MacGregor Mitchell (1875-1938), Scottish lawyer and judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University Rector.
The scrapbooks contain newspaper cuttings, letters, photographs and miscellaneous ephemera mostly documenting Lord Mitchell’s legal and political career, as well as his personal interests in golf and cricket.